BROHM, Joachim - Ohio. Fotografien 1983-1984

2010, out-of-print, European photographer, German photographer, prominent photographer, male photographer, landscape photography, documentary style, USA, America, Ohio, 80s, color photographyBackground information, content

"Joachim BROHM was among the first of a younger generation of German photographers who discovered at the end of the 1970s in color photography a new medium of self-expression, following major developments such as William Eggleston's controversial 1976 show at the Museum of Modern Art. His 'Ohio' photographs were made in 1983 and 1984 whilst he was living in the state as a student and Fulbright scholar. His pictures show cluttered yards and houses and focus on apparently trivial and banal scenes of everyday American life.
At the time such mundane quotidien scenarios were considered unworthy of a photograph. This combined with his use of colour photography, made the 'Ohio' series a significant experiment in search of a new pictorial language." (© Steidl Verlag, 2010)

In the press

"The out-of-print photo volume 'Ohio' by Joachim BROHM shows an American city at a certain moment in time. It certainly doesn’t look like every place in the US, but the way is is produced gives the viewer the feeling that, well, it could be anywhere. For me, that gives 'Ohio' an undefinable, somewhat mysterious quality. You just know that when you open the book again, it will look the same, but you will experience it differently." (slightly adpated text, © Jim Colberg)

About German photographer, Joachim BROHM (b. 1955)

Photo books by as well as with works by Joachim BROHM

About the editor/author, Thomas Weski (b. 1953)

Thomas Weski is chief curator at the Haus der Kunst in Munich where he has mounted, among others, 'Turning Back' works by Robert ADAMS, 'Click Doubleclick' - the documentary factor, a major exhibition on Andreas GURSKY, and 'Parrworld', a presentation of various collections of Martin PARR. With co-curator Elisabeth Sussman he organized the retrospective of William EGGLESTON for the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in 2009.

Photo books with conritbution by Thomas Weski